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word, i'm john king in washington. thank you for watching. >>> an earthquake ravages haiti. no one to help them. >> we are hearing voices in the rubble. you are watching "larry king live." >> larry: haiti is the poorest country in the country and yet somehow, some way, people manage to survive. there are amazing stories hard to forget. >> wednesday morning we went out and trying to rescue under the rubble and they had been working for all of that morning try to free themselves. >> she is crying out because two of her feet are pinned. >> there was a handful of guys just working under the hot sun. they had been digging through the rubble with their hands and then the miracle of having her pulled out alive. they figured out a way to move some things and chip away at some things suddenly coming free and even amidst this tragedy in the area they saved this dwirl's life. the other moment i won't forget is we were with looters, people quickly started getting out of control. young guys started arriving with weapons and they had pieces of debris and broken bottles. and i remember see
word, i'm john king in washington. thank you for watching. >>> an earthquake ravages haiti. no one to help them. >> we are hearing voices in the rubble. you are watching "larry king live." >> larry: haiti is the poorest country in the country and yet somehow, some way, people manage to survive. there are amazing stories hard to forget. >> wednesday morning we went out and trying to rescue under the rubble and they had been working for all of that morning try...
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revenge of the nerds washington style. the washington director on a roll with the ladies. is that a geek game changer? the most famous nerd ever lewis from "revenge of the nerds" is best. guess what else? plus-size model is turning heads here and everywhere. @' >>> people just you just like you're in high school. >> ogre! ogre! >> nerds! nerds! >> ogre, ogre! >> where are they? >> i think they're talking about us. >>> no way! >> neil: it's me. i was so intrigued by this story. are the nerds finally getting their revenge? white house budget director peter orszag has all of a sudden become geek guy. orszag knows his numbers. crunch this number. two. one greek shipping heiress had his baby, a beautiful tv reporter who is his fiancee. just doesn't add up for a guy like orszag you wouldn't think. jude law or gibson or tom brady or me, make sense for guys like that. now dwo dweebs are having their day. i've been saying it for years. lewis got the girl in "revenge of the nerds." he's joining us. thank you for coming. >> good to be here. >> neil: your movie was a great inspiration
revenge of the nerds washington style. the washington director on a roll with the ladies. is that a geek game changer? the most famous nerd ever lewis from "revenge of the nerds" is best. guess what else? plus-size model is turning heads here and everywhere. @' >>> people just you just like you're in high school. >> ogre! ogre! >> nerds! nerds! >> ogre, ogre! >> where are they? >> i think they're talking about us. >>> no way! >>...
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he said all of washington should take heed. are the republicans also seeing this is not a measure the republicans are sending? >> the republicans have said that. john brynner said, we understand we are not popular either. basically what happens is the majority parties tend to defeat themselves. they see this clearly as an opportunity to capitalize on some of the mistakes of the democrats. i think an interesting moment from this interview was wary asked what he thought about the president's decision. he said he thought it was a mistake. that was an interesting comment. >> there's a message to both parties that the country is feeling an angry anti- washington mood. >> it is an election year. you are going to see more people retreat. i sink on something where it is politically beneficial to try to be in the game and compromise, you can see that, but on almost every other issue it will not happen. republicans are eyeing big games, and there is no political motivation for them to help the majority look good. i think you what -- what
he said all of washington should take heed. are the republicans also seeing this is not a measure the republicans are sending? >> the republicans have said that. john brynner said, we understand we are not popular either. basically what happens is the majority parties tend to defeat themselves. they see this clearly as an opportunity to capitalize on some of the mistakes of the democrats. i think an interesting moment from this interview was wary asked what he thought about the...
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and hello again from fox news in washington. well, a little more than a week in 2010, election politics is already in full swing. on saturday, senate majority leader harry reid apologized to president obama for racial remarks he made during the last campaign. three top democrats announced they won't seek re-election. but open warfare has broken out among the republicans over the g.o.p. chairman. joining us now are the leaders of both parties. michael steele, the controversial head of the republican national committee, and virginia governor tim kaine, chairman of the democratic national committee. gentlemen, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> great to be with you, chris. >> chris: before we get to the differences between your two parties, i have to ask about the difficulties going on within each of your camps. governor kaine, a new book in the 2008 campaign called "game change" says of senate majority leader harry reid -- let's put it up -- he was wowed by obama's oratorical gifts and believed the country was ready to embrace
and hello again from fox news in washington. well, a little more than a week in 2010, election politics is already in full swing. on saturday, senate majority leader harry reid apologized to president obama for racial remarks he made during the last campaign. three top democrats announced they won't seek re-election. but open warfare has broken out among the republicans over the g.o.p. chairman. joining us now are the leaders of both parties. michael steele, the controversial head of the...
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and the candidate hoping to take her moves to washington. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with that chilling video. the al qaeda suicide bomber responsible for the deadly attack against the cia in afghanistan, killing seven agents. he turned up today in a videotape made before his suicide mission. he had been recruited by the cia, but he was a double agent. on his tape, he reveals his motive and warns more attacks will come. nick schifrin starts us off from kabul. >> reporter: the cia thought the man on the right could lead them to al qaeda's deputy leader, instead he led them into a trap. he had already provided exclusive information on al qaeda hiding places, so the cia invited him onto the base. but when he arrived he looked suspicious, holding his hands in his pocket, according to a u.s. official. just before cia security officers searched him, he exploded his vest. the cia director today defended the officers who have died -- that damage has come largely thanks to a barrage of missile strikes by unmanned aerial drones. inhe days since the base attack
and the candidate hoping to take her moves to washington. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with that chilling video. the al qaeda suicide bomber responsible for the deadly attack against the cia in afghanistan, killing seven agents. he turned up today in a videotape made before his suicide mission. he had been recruited by the cia, but he was a double agent. on his tape, he reveals his motive and warns more attacks will come. nick schifrin starts us off from kabul. >> reporter:...
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david ignatius wrote for "the washington post" that caught my attention. what worries me looking ahead, thinking about the country is what might be called the californiaization of america. the growing tendency of our political system to make promises in social spending programs that it isn't prepared to pay for with tax increases. think about california. how can you stick to a position, as you do, that tax increases are not the way to go? >> well, first of all we have no option because if you do the tax increases, you immediately kind of stifle the economy. so right now where we try to get -- where we see that the economy is bottomed out and there is a chance now to come back, to go in now to hit the state with more taxes will be the wrong thing to do. so what you want to do is you want to do the opposite, you want to go and put money into the economy and you want to give tax incentives for businesses, for new hires as we did, or retraining people or for home buyers tax credits and so on. i think that it will be a big mistake. i think the thing that politi
david ignatius wrote for "the washington post" that caught my attention. what worries me looking ahead, thinking about the country is what might be called the californiaization of america. the growing tendency of our political system to make promises in social spending programs that it isn't prepared to pay for with tax increases. think about california. how can you stick to a position, as you do, that tax increases are not the way to go? >> well, first of all we have no option...
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>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the mclaughlin group is brought to you my metlife. guarantees for the if in life. ♪ [ music ] >>> it's the 28th annual mclaughlin group year end awards 2009 part 2. here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom 2010. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we have a rom woman, meg wittman is tending to be governor of california and a democratic woman, maria pantwell, senator from washington state who is about to take the lead on climate change legislation in the u.s. senate. >> monica. >> i have three rising stars. on the right, marly. >> is she going to win? >> i think so. i think she has a very good shot. also the virginia governor. the new republican there, mcdonnel, and she has political aspirations of her own and she could be dynamite. >> to run for governor? >> yes. >> the political stars are going to be the republican congressional leaders who are
>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the mclaughlin group is brought to you my metlife. guarantees for the if in life. ♪ [ music ] >>> it's the 28th annual mclaughlin group year end awards 2009 part 2. here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom 2010. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we...
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to washington, d.c. you all know that. along the way, he stopped in philadelphia, the birthplace of the constitution. while visiting independence falls, a lincoln was asked to speak extemporaneously. is there ever such a thing? lincoln's remarks on that day can provide inspiration and guidance to the congress today. he said, "i have never had a feeling politically that did not spring by the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence. i have often pondered over the dangers which were incurred by the men who are assembled here. i have pondered over the twills that were insured by the officers and soldiers of by the army that achieved that independent. i have often inquired of myself, what great principle or idea is it that texas confederacy so long together? it was the declaration of independence which gave liberty not just to the people of this country, but i hope to the world for all future times." 10 days later, lincoln became our 16th president. over the next four years, he faced some of the greatest trials i
to washington, d.c. you all know that. along the way, he stopped in philadelphia, the birthplace of the constitution. while visiting independence falls, a lincoln was asked to speak extemporaneously. is there ever such a thing? lincoln's remarks on that day can provide inspiration and guidance to the congress today. he said, "i have never had a feeling politically that did not spring by the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence. i have often pondered over the dangers which...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is about big government candidates against a small government canada. what you need to ask yourself is, scott will spend money on war. martha will spend money on health care. who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will cut spending. i will repeal obamacare and file legislation to end the wars and bring that money back to the people of massachusetts and the rest of the country. i will audit the federal reserve. i am willing to cut the spending. you have to ask yourself, would you w
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is...
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smith, always a great cover washington. stephen, if you get any more information, please get in touch with us. no problem. >>> talk about battling more than freezing temperatures. blustery wind chills and snow in new england. how about coastal flooding and erosion added to the winter mix? weather mix? cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is keeping tabs on it in the cnn weather center. hi, jacqui. >> hi, don. couple that with people trying to get around town by the airways and roadways, major travel delays plus another arctic blast is on the way. we will tell where you and when it arrives, coming up. some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security syst
smith, always a great cover washington. stephen, if you get any more information, please get in touch with us. no problem. >>> talk about battling more than freezing temperatures. blustery wind chills and snow in new england. how about coastal flooding and erosion added to the winter mix? weather mix? cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is keeping tabs on it in the cnn weather center. hi, jacqui. >> hi, don. couple that with people trying to get around town by the airways and...
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let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them out, they couldn't do it. they called me, i couldn't get anywhere. then we saw the haitian ambassador being interviewed on cnn. so i called into the station and said, can you get a message from me to ambassador joseph? they did, the ambassador called me, he started the ball rolling. then we got great cooperation from the department of homeland security, immigration, the state department, the military was terrific. we got on a plane yesterday morning, monday morning, at 11:30 from pittsburgh. we reached the port-au-prince at a
let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them...
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the prize-winning journalist with the washington post. his number one recent best seller was "the war within." what struck you about the president today, robert? >> this was a problem he thought was solved, that they really had set up all this apparatus and process, as everyone says, to connect the dots, and it turns out that, as he said, there are system failures and human failures. i remember one of the former cia directors used to say in dealing with something like this, the solutions are middle management having good middle managers, in this case, watch officers, who are there on christmas eve and christmas day, and then having the data to sift through. clearly, people were asleep. if you listen to the president's remarks at length, i think he used the word failure or failed about eight or nine times. i mean, that is -- he's giving a knee to the whole intelligence community and the system that is set up to keep something like this from happening. >> what do you make of him? you know presidents as well as any journalist. what do you ma
the prize-winning journalist with the washington post. his number one recent best seller was "the war within." what struck you about the president today, robert? >> this was a problem he thought was solved, that they really had set up all this apparatus and process, as everyone says, to connect the dots, and it turns out that, as he said, there are system failures and human failures. i remember one of the former cia directors used to say in dealing with something like this, the...
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hundreds turned out for services in massachusetts, ohio and washington state saturday. the cia workers were killed in an ambush by an al qaeda operative acting as an informant. >>> police in milwaukee this morning are looking for the person who threw a molotov cocktail at a gas station attendant. the masked man was aiming for the clerk but narrowly missed a customer. see that? no one was hurt. police say the motive wasn't robbery but retaliation for the recent arrest of a robbery suspect at that very same gas station. >>> finally, have you had enough of that christmas fruitcake? well, in one colorado town it's an annual tradition to toss and play football with the fruitcake nobody wants. contestants were judged on distance, accuracy and catching. yeah, it's the 15th year of tossing that traditional treat. that's the news. now back to lester, jenna and janice. i tried to get a fruitcake. there just wasn't one in house. >> they're stale. >> i used to think we were a society that thought of >> it is called out there this morning. 17 degrees and 54% humidity with northwest
hundreds turned out for services in massachusetts, ohio and washington state saturday. the cia workers were killed in an ambush by an al qaeda operative acting as an informant. >>> police in milwaukee this morning are looking for the person who threw a molotov cocktail at a gas station attendant. the masked man was aiming for the clerk but narrowly missed a customer. see that? no one was hurt. police say the motive wasn't robbery but retaliation for the recent arrest of a robbery...
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in washington, fox news. >>> one of the victims of the bombing was 37-year-old harold brown, jr., of fairfax station. he worked or the state department and had three children. >>> the senate majority leader is apologizing tonight for a controversial comments he made about president obama during the campaign n. a private consideration senator senator reid commented that president obama was a light skinned african-american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. senator reid said he's sincerely responding for offending any and all americans, especially african- americans for my improper comment. the. has accepted the apology. >>> what's the best way to give an underprivileged child an edge? i'm going to introduce you to a young man who comes from nearly nothing and show you how he's making something of his life. >>> plus, the trouble with traffic lights, energy saving bulbs causing problems in the winter weather. what you need to know to stay safe. >>> and what's up with the big -- [ indiscernible ] stick around. we're coming back in just 90 seconds.
in washington, fox news. >>> one of the victims of the bombing was 37-year-old harold brown, jr., of fairfax station. he worked or the state department and had three children. >>> the senate majority leader is apologizing tonight for a controversial comments he made about president obama during the campaign n. a private consideration senator senator reid commented that president obama was a light skinned african-american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one....
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i guess in the transferring of that information to the folks in washington, d.c. and the intelligence there, his name was actually misspelled. so how does this happen? >> well, that's a very common problem, particularly with arabic names that the alphabet don't match up identifically to translate names into english. and we have had cases where four or five members of the same family with the last name mohammad have it spelled a different way when it was translated into english. and the computers, you know marks not be ab, may not be able to pick up that. that's a critical problem. that's why the idea that we can ever completely rely on intelligence is not going to happen. >> the president has ordered four key reforms and one of them is to strengthen the criteria that it takes to put somebody on the no fly list. so is that enough? how do you feel about these lists? are they working? >> yeah. it will help, of course. but if we take this case specifically, if the father died of a heart attack five years ago, we would have a multimillionaire young man who would never
i guess in the transferring of that information to the folks in washington, d.c. and the intelligence there, his name was actually misspelled. so how does this happen? >> well, that's a very common problem, particularly with arabic names that the alphabet don't match up identifically to translate names into english. and we have had cases where four or five members of the same family with the last name mohammad have it spelled a different way when it was translated into english. and the...
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we're back in washington on monday. before we get started, hopefully you sent off that orange card when we do town hall meetings. one way to contact you. turn those back into the back table back there and we'll keep you informed. there's a new line on there, teletown hall meetings. i've been doing more. as you know my district is half the state of michigan, 600 miles from one end to the other. my next teletown hall meeting will be the first week in february. and what we do is we have a vendor ask about 35,000 people. i get on there just like i do my regular town hall meetings, say a few words and then open up for questions. i do that. another way to stay in touch with everybody with a strict that's half the size of michigan. i could hit all 31 of my counties at one time. and while you're down in standish, you can be pardon of that conference. we are looking ways to reach out, informing people, keeping individuals involved. with me tonight is district administer. he's in the back. if you want an issue you don't want to b
we're back in washington on monday. before we get started, hopefully you sent off that orange card when we do town hall meetings. one way to contact you. turn those back into the back table back there and we'll keep you informed. there's a new line on there, teletown hall meetings. i've been doing more. as you know my district is half the state of michigan, 600 miles from one end to the other. my next teletown hall meeting will be the first week in february. and what we do is we have a vendor...
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"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national government. states don't have that option. they have to balance like we do in our family budgets. host: we heard from governor schwarzenegger in his statement and governor scott pattison but one of the things coming out of schwarzenegger's budget is expectations that the federal government with it's 12,000,000 overall debt will come to the rescue for states like california. how many states are counting on this? guest: california is asking for well over 6 million in additional funds an" obviously there's a lot of issues associated with that
"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national...
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got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always against deficit spending. he was against the health care bill. but to go back to the question you put to mary matlin, scott brown took off in december, and in large part when he began campaigning, he nationalized the race. and when he did that, along with his populism and authenticity, he reminds me of sarah palin in some ways. he is real and for the people. that combination of nationalizing the race and the personality really drove this and brought him a victory against a, as we know, not a very good candidate. >> larry: donna, speaking today, he m
got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always...
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on "washington journal" tomorrow morning. two house members on counter intelligence and attempted bombing of a northwest airlines flight, january is a member of the intelligence committee and (202) 737-0001 presenttive pete robingstra is a representsive. from market watch they'll take your questions for plans for job creation and will discuss education with the president of the american federation of "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 am eastern. a couple of live events tomorrow morning. the first public meeting of the financial industry inquiry commission is on c-span 2. 9:00 eastern. financial causes including testimony from the head onfzce bank of america, morgan stanley. j.p. morgan chase and goldman sachs and house arms services committee focuses on china's military. representatives from departments the u.s. pacific command that's live on c-span 3 at 10:00 eastern. the deadline is approach together enter c-span's 2010 student cam. just create a 5-8 minute video on one of our country's greatest stren
on "washington journal" tomorrow morning. two house members on counter intelligence and attempted bombing of a northwest airlines flight, january is a member of the intelligence committee and (202) 737-0001 presenttive pete robingstra is a representsive. from market watch they'll take your questions for plans for job creation and will discuss education with the president of the american federation of "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 am eastern. a...
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contributor to the daily caller.com a new political news website and the former deputy editor of the washington times. angie giles is here with me. nice to have all of you. >> thank you. >> let's get to it. nancy, since you're here. what's your reaction to these words? >> i'm embarrassed for harary reed. i would say harry how many black people do you know? okay? there's not one negro dialect, and this is something that's the bayne of my existence for a long time. i've never heard for anyone call for one single dialect. people are people. there are different ways of talking. it blows my mind and its very sad to see what lies just below the surface of someone that one would think is a democrat, might be a little more liberal-minded. it's more proof at how having the first black president is blowing people's minds. >> jeff johnson, is it racist? >> no. i think that it was -- i think it was in bad taste, but there were a whole lot of black folks that said that. black folks said he was a respectable black guy. they were black people that said, is he black enough? so i think that this was an accurate
contributor to the daily caller.com a new political news website and the former deputy editor of the washington times. angie giles is here with me. nice to have all of you. >> thank you. >> let's get to it. nancy, since you're here. what's your reaction to these words? >> i'm embarrassed for harary reed. i would say harry how many black people do you know? okay? there's not one negro dialect, and this is something that's the bayne of my existence for a long time. i've never...
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schumer, from washington, the senator from new jersey, mr. mendez, the senator from michigan, missed stabenow, the senator from kentucky, mr. kyle, the senator from tennessee, mr. alexander, the senator from south dakota, mr. thume, and the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the members of the committee will exit the chamber through the doors. >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] >> madam speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> madam speaker, the president's cabinet. [applause] . .
schumer, from washington, the senator from new jersey, mr. mendez, the senator from michigan, missed stabenow, the senator from kentucky, mr. kyle, the senator from tennessee, mr. alexander, the senator from south dakota, mr. thume, and the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the members of the committee will exit the chamber through the doors. >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] >> madam speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme...
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there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very unlikely this evening. i spoke to many how democratic lawmakers, and many said they don't see it possible. they personally would not vote yes, and all you need is a couple of house democrats to drop off. that throws that idea of the house passing the senate bill out the window. what is next? that is such a big question mark. house democratic leaders huddled in nancy pelosi's office a short while ago to watch the returns, and they're trying to figure out what to do with health care. there is no clearer path. all of the options are very, very bad when it comes to trying to
there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very...
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i own public-relations firm in washington, d.c. and a former staffer for senator ben nelson you said earlier that centre nelson told you that he had dug ask for the provision in the bill. a few moments ago, you said he took credit for the provision. which state and do you believe to be correct? >> both. as i recall, and i'm fairly confident that he said he didn't ask for that to be in there. he preferred a similar provision to for all states. he only got it for nebraska. he did not ask for nebraska to be singled out. he was responsible for an address to getting a but he did not ask that nebraska's only get it. do you always say again? >> no, you said earlier that he did not ask for nebraska but he is taking credit for it. >> that's correct. the associated press in california issued a report showing that governor schwarzenegger himself engaged in the exact same activity at the state level that he is complaining about the federal level. are you aware of that? would you file a similar suit against the governor of california if he was
i own public-relations firm in washington, d.c. and a former staffer for senator ben nelson you said earlier that centre nelson told you that he had dug ask for the provision in the bill. a few moments ago, you said he took credit for the provision. which state and do you believe to be correct? >> both. as i recall, and i'm fairly confident that he said he didn't ask for that to be in there. he preferred a similar provision to for all states. he only got it for nebraska. he did not ask...
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. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >> the white house releases the report on the christmas day underwear bomber. it is not a happy tail. >> this is a winter of reckoning. >> governor's cry out in pain as they feel the effects of the battered economy. and guns in an nba locker room. no laughing matter. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- mark twain once came back to the united states from london and said the newspaper reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. democratic leaders argue that is the case and washington following the news that two democratic senators and a democratic governor had decided not to stand for reelection. no
. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >>...
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"washington post" white house correspondent ann kornblut "notes from the cracked ceiling." what it will take for a woman to win. ann, welcome. full disclosure, we have known each other a long time and have been friends for a long time. i did get an early peek at the book. the 2008 campaign, hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin the gop's first vice presidential nominee and you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics. explain. >> well, look, we don't give points for second place. we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that is historic. it was folly to say it was the year of the woman because they both lost. at the same time they lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton and general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that any woman who will run for president is going to experience, harsh treatment, ridicule and credentials exposed off the bat. >> there was a moment when hillary clinton broke down in tears on a conference call
"washington post" white house correspondent ann kornblut "notes from the cracked ceiling." what it will take for a woman to win. ann, welcome. full disclosure, we have known each other a long time and have been friends for a long time. i did get an early peek at the book. the 2008 campaign, hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin the gop's first vice presidential nominee and you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics....
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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> an arctic blast has people in the washington region bundling up, and it is going to get colder. steve rudin has a look at how low the mercury will plunge. >> under mostly clear skies, temperatures will fall into the teens across most of the mid- atlantic. the belfort furniture weather center, 28 degrees at reagan national, 23 hagerstown, 18 degrees elkins. the bigger story is the wind chill factors, falling into the single digits. we will fall into the teens with the wind out of the board at 10- 15. another cold day ahead, plenty of sunshine. are you ready? we have a warmup on the way. we will look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. >>> people who were out and about tonight cannot escaped the frigid temperatures. john gonzalez is live in arlington. >> many people are not enjoying the weather. from dead car batteries to people stuck on the potomac river, people are feeling the effects of the cold weather and it times is proving to be very dangerous. d.c. fire and ems says this has been an extremely -- they have been very b
captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> an arctic blast has people in the washington region bundling up, and it is going to get colder. steve rudin has a look at how low the mercury will plunge. >> under mostly clear skies, temperatures will fall into the teens across most of the mid- atlantic. the belfort furniture weather center, 28 degrees at reagan national, 23 hagerstown, 18 degrees elkins. the bigger story is the wind chill factors, falling...
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deputy secretary jim steinberg departs washington this afternoon for columbia and peru. he will meet i believe tomorrow with the colombian president as a first up in that trip. undersecretary bill burns will travel to moscow this week on the 13th and 14th to discuss our bilateral relationship and focus on the ongoing bilateral presidential commission work that is being done, but also will talk about arms control in iran, north korea and economic cooperation. he will then travel on and the -- he will travel from meetings on the 15th with his youth political counterparts and will also meet with foreign minister martinez while in madrid. today ambassador robert king, our special envoy for number three in human rights, met with the korean foreign minister, national security adviser, and minister for unification special relative -- how special representative ambassador. and ambassador at large for human rights ambassador. he also met with north korean experts in north korean defector leaders. he emphasizes a strong u.s. caribbean coordination is needed on all aspects of north
deputy secretary jim steinberg departs washington this afternoon for columbia and peru. he will meet i believe tomorrow with the colombian president as a first up in that trip. undersecretary bill burns will travel to moscow this week on the 13th and 14th to discuss our bilateral relationship and focus on the ongoing bilateral presidential commission work that is being done, but also will talk about arms control in iran, north korea and economic cooperation. he will then travel on and the -- he...
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jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as members of the media, i have to say, i mean, i could see both sides of this, but on your -- the one main point that is the media driving it, i talk to a lot of real people back home oral not just in the beltway, so are saying of time i turn on a tv, obama is on all five sunday shows, then he's on the cooking channel, then he's on espn, talking baseball or whatever, and that's fine. you know, on the other side of it, i will say i think there was a lot of, you know, pundits, overdoing that he was over exposed, because you know, frankly, it's a free
jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as...
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i'm joined from washington by the nation's first secretary of homeland security, former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. welcome back. >> nice to be back. >> sean: maybe this is progress. he acknowledges finally there's a war on terror. is that progress? >> i listened carefully and read it again. we are at war. we are at war against al-qaeda. i think that's a long way from saying this was an isolated extremist act, which is something that he said a week ago. it is morning that we mine americans no better person in the world to do it and no more important person in the world to do it, than the president this is not an isolated incident that al-qaeda is recruiting on a day-to-day basis individuals to recruit, train, proselytize and send out to the person world to the united states to do harm. it is huge progress. those are important words. >> sean: janet napolitano said the system works. every single time there's an incident, mr. secretary, every single time, we hear, i don't care if it is fort hood this airline attack, we keep hearing almost immediately, this is not terror-related. wh
i'm joined from washington by the nation's first secretary of homeland security, former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. welcome back. >> nice to be back. >> sean: maybe this is progress. he acknowledges finally there's a war on terror. is that progress? >> i listened carefully and read it again. we are at war. we are at war against al-qaeda. i think that's a long way from saying this was an isolated extremist act, which is something that he said a week ago. it is morning that...
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horizon bank of bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all its deposits and assets will be taken over by washington savings and federal loan association in seattle. that means the fdic will have to cover more than $500 million in insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year, the highest number since 1992. the fdic chairwoman says the number could be even higher this year in 2010. >>> this weekend, las vegas is a high tech haven. firms are showing off their trendiest smart books, laptops and lots of other devices. hln's joe carter is there and takes a look at something that soon you may not be able to do without. >> reporter: we're in las vegas. it's not just gambling this week. it's all about the gadgets. the technological world has come here to unveil their hottest projects for 2010, the smartphones, the pcs. the gaming. let's go check it out. so what is this? >> it's a k-3 wind and solar charger. it charges any of your small electronic devices, cell phones, ipods. >> reporter: so i can plug my iphone into this device, stick it outside an
horizon bank of bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all its deposits and assets will be taken over by washington savings and federal loan association in seattle. that means the fdic will have to cover more than $500 million in insurance costs. 140 banks failed last year, the highest number since 1992. the fdic chairwoman says the number could be even higher this year in 2010. >>> this weekend, las vegas is a high tech haven. firms are showing off their...
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the clerk: washington d.c., january 29, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark warner, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mre. reid: following r remarks the senate will proceed to a period of morning business. senators will be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. there will be no roll call votes today. the next vote will occur at 5:30 p.m. on monday, february 1. the vote will be on a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of patricia smith to be solicitor for the department of labor. i would advise senators that they should be here and vote. we are not going to extend the vote monday. we must finish the vote about 5:50. there will be strict enforcement of that. we have to finish for obvious reasons, because 30 hours starts running when we complete the vote. and if we go past 6:00, it's past midnight. we're going to ma
the clerk: washington d.c., january 29, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark warner, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mre. reid: following r remarks the senate will proceed to a period of morning business. senators will be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. there will be no roll...
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now, everybody in washington d.c. says that and then they push an elbow because they know they're not going to do it, just so you understand people that say this bill will save money in the deficit, they're saying with a straight face that they're going to cut a half a trillion dollars out of a woefully under funded program system. >> absolutely. but there are best practices not being used or looked at so i have a request if you would please contact mike ross who has actually written house bill 1007 and co-sponsor what this bill is to allow respiratory therapist to be at least reimbursed to deal with at least part of that. >> mike a good friend of mine from arkansas and i'll talk to him. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon congressman. i'm rick, and my problem is with the healthcare. i'm lucky i'm standing here now. our family just experienceed a tremendous problem. my brother is lucky to be a live. i finally convinced him to go to the hospital with me and it was machines keeping him a live. he would not go to
now, everybody in washington d.c. says that and then they push an elbow because they know they're not going to do it, just so you understand people that say this bill will save money in the deficit, they're saying with a straight face that they're going to cut a half a trillion dollars out of a woefully under funded program system. >> absolutely. but there are best practices not being used or looked at so i have a request if you would please contact mike ross who has actually written...
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the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one of the differences between martha coakley and i. at a time when we just do not needed. i would propose going and allowing states to do this individually with the government incentivizing it. we can export what we have done and show them how to do it. i am looking forward to be the party -- the 41st vote and get that plan back to the drawing board. >> thank you for hosting us here this evening. i would be proud to be the 60th vote to make sure that we need health care reform that was so badly need. we have taken the lead here in massachusetts, and now we are attac
the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and...
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that set washington on its ear. a new book claim bing by mark halpern and john hidealman reports that during the campaign last year senate majority harry reid was telling people privately that barack obama's campaign would be helped because he was, quote, a light-skinned african- american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." reed spent all day yesterday apologizing to the president who said he accepted the apology and to a score of black politicians and leaders. but the episode does recall a very similar incident when then republican leader trent lott said that he had the country elected segregationist strom thurmond we wouldn't have had so many problems. that caused such a furor you'll recall that lott had to resign his leadership post. senator feinstein who is in california this morning, i have to start with that. is this going to have the same impact on harry reid? should he resign? >> i don't think so. first of all, all of us are imperfect. clearly this was a mistake. clearly the leader misspoke.
that set washington on its ear. a new book claim bing by mark halpern and john hidealman reports that during the campaign last year senate majority harry reid was telling people privately that barack obama's campaign would be helped because he was, quote, a light-skinned african- american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." reed spent all day yesterday apologizing to the president who said he accepted the apology and to a score of black politicians and leaders. but the...
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we get all convoluted in this. [ applause ] >> mike: another not so brilliant bill that came out of washington last year was the economic stimulus plan. that included tax cut for individuals making up to $75,000 a year. amounting to $35 a week the first year and $8 a week the second year. we wanted to find out how much $13 really is worth. we gave $13 to three members of our staff and we wanted them to see what could they get for that in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> are you selling tickets? >> i am. >> i want to go on a bus tour but i'm on a budget. can you help me? >> a budget. would you like to ride? >> yes, i would. >> i have $13. >> $13? >> yeah. >> no, sorry, you can't afford it. >> $49 is the cheapest you can get. biggest discount. >> do you think maybe i could stand in the road for $13? would that get me in? >> i don't think so. >> per week. >> that's all you have? >> yes. we're using the $13 that we are going to get on the stimulus plan every week. >> could i get a few blocks? >> a few blocks? >> i need $50 to see the show. >> that's half off, though. >> wow! i guess that is a discount, b
we get all convoluted in this. [ applause ] >> mike: another not so brilliant bill that came out of washington last year was the economic stimulus plan. that included tax cut for individuals making up to $75,000 a year. amounting to $35 a week the first year and $8 a week the second year. we wanted to find out how much $13 really is worth. we gave $13 to three members of our staff and we wanted them to see what could they get for that in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> are you selling...
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june is a washington, d.c.-based writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as the bureau chief in boston and deputy chief in washington and she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be bidet see childress, and lecture you are at the harvard business school and the cofounder of the public education leadership project at harvard university. she studied entrepreneurial activity in the united states. her paper is entitled investing in public school districts for allocation. the third up will be marty west. he's an assistant at the school for education. he also is on the journal "education next" as deputy director on the program of education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard fact illty, he taught the brown and was a research fellow at brookings institution. we will then have two substitutions. first up will be lily. he's an elementary teacher from utah who serves as vice president, the national education, association. she is one of the hig
june is a washington, d.c.-based writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as the bureau chief in boston and deputy chief in washington and she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be bidet see childress, and lecture you are at the harvard business school and the cofounder of the public education leadership project at harvard university. she studied entrepreneurial activity in the united states. her paper is entitled investing in public school...
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at washington national airport, 20 degrees right now. you factor winds, we have wind chills in the single digits. let's show you the forecast for today. plenty of sunshine out there. we will be warm at midday, if you can call it that, to about 30 degrees. maybe 32 to 35 the high. sunny, breezy, and chilly out there. and our cold time is going to continue right into tuesday and into wednesday when we finally start to see some moderation. we will see temperatures rising to 45 by thursday. just a little snow shower activity into thursday. enjoy your sunday, and thank you for watching. have you gotten your seasonal flu vaccination? great - but your work's not done yet. we still need to get the h1n1 flu vaccination. you, me -- we should all get one. the vaccine is safe and proven effective against this highly contagious new strain of flu virus. we can help prevent the spread of this virus if we aljust roll up our sleeves. to learn more about the h1n1 flu vaccination visit h1n1get1.com or call your local health department it's up to you to fig
at washington national airport, 20 degrees right now. you factor winds, we have wind chills in the single digits. let's show you the forecast for today. plenty of sunshine out there. we will be warm at midday, if you can call it that, to about 30 degrees. maybe 32 to 35 the high. sunny, breezy, and chilly out there. and our cold time is going to continue right into tuesday and into wednesday when we finally start to see some moderation. we will see temperatures rising to 45 by thursday. just a...
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>> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on the chris matthews show, the president says we're still very much in danger of an al qaeda attack. today we have four reporters who cover national security and we'll get the details. just how great is the threat today and what form might it take? and that attack on our cia officers in afghanistan, what does that tell us about how threatening al qaeda is over there? >>> plus, is barack obama enough of a commander in chief and leading our military and intel services? that's all coming up here at 10:00. for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. >> thanks, chris. good morning, kimberly. coming up, a special edition of "meet the press" from los angeles. majority leader harry reid apologizing this weekend for some just-reported controversial remarks an then-candidate obama. plus, three key democrats announced their retirements this week. what does it mean for the 2010 race? the chairman of both parties join us, democrat tim kaine and rep
>> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on the chris matthews show, the president says we're still very much in danger of an al qaeda attack. today we have four reporters who cover national security and we'll get the details. just how great is the threat today and what form might it take? and that attack on our cia officers in afghanistan, what does that tell us about how threatening al qaeda is over there? >>> plus, is barack obama enough of a commander in chief and...
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on monday the senate will vote on confirmation of roseanna peterson of washington to be a federal district judge. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous ofrpltd. the presiding officer: the senate homeland security secretary janet napolitano met yesterday with the e.u. interior ministers in spain to talk of ways to improve international aviation security following their meeting they held a joint news conference with reporters installing body scanners and issue of privacy dominated the questions during this 50 minute event. >> i want to apologize to all of you for the delay and the start of this press conference. the reason for that is we were having a very in-depth discussion informal council this morning an ongoing to tell you quite briefly about some of the things we concluded and get a number to the vice president of the commission and he can tell what he is taking away from the meeting and then i will give the floor to the secretary napolitano who was kind enough to come to the meeting today and as you know there were two items on
on monday the senate will vote on confirmation of roseanna peterson of washington to be a federal district judge. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous ofrpltd. the presiding officer: the senate homeland security secretary janet napolitano met yesterday with the e.u. interior ministers in spain to talk of ways to improve international aviation security following their meeting they held a joint news conference with reporters installing...
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. >> i think too often what happens in washington is when something like this happens, an initial reaction will be to step back and say, that was a private conversation. i don't want to talk about private conversations. harry reid said, look, it's out there. i need to address it. make this a one, two, three-day story and move on as opposed to saying it didn't happen and try to sidestep it. i think harry reid saw that the damage control, the best thing to do was to try to get out in front and apologize. we do know this. he has called the priz aesident said, i apologize for these remarks. >> do we know what the president said? >> we don't know yet. >> the book we are talking about is called "game change." that's supposed to hit bookstores as early as this week. let's talk about somebody else who wrote a book and republicans are saying, we didn't know you were about to do this. rnc chairman, michael steele, has a book right now, a 12-step program for defeating the obama agenda. a lot are saying we are caught by surprise on this. we don't necessarily endorse this or like it. >> what's going on
. >> i think too often what happens in washington is when something like this happens, an initial reaction will be to step back and say, that was a private conversation. i don't want to talk about private conversations. harry reid said, look, it's out there. i need to address it. make this a one, two, three-day story and move on as opposed to saying it didn't happen and try to sidestep it. i think harry reid saw that the damage control, the best thing to do was to try to get out in front...
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in washington. if he turns out to be one of the "politics as usual" kind of politicians, we're going to turn away from him. and that's exactly what happened. i think they are frustrated by the fact that they've been duped thought they were voting for something in 2008 and find not only are things still the same old-same old bickering in washington but seems to have gotten worse. >> ifill: and perhaps focused on the wrong thing. ceci everybody wants to know will happen with health care reform. as of tonight, where does that sand? >> well, gwen, the results in massachusetts are a real blow to the prospects for health care reform legislation, and i think i would describe the blow as somewhere between debilitating and fatal, to be honest. here we are exactly one year from obama being sworn in, and we knew from one year ago that time was going to be the enemy of health care reform, and in case democrats had forgotten that, alex capatziano put out a memo saying to republicans we can kill this by delay. an
in washington. if he turns out to be one of the "politics as usual" kind of politicians, we're going to turn away from him. and that's exactly what happened. i think they are frustrated by the fact that they've been duped thought they were voting for something in 2008 and find not only are things still the same old-same old bickering in washington but seems to have gotten worse. >> ifill: and perhaps focused on the wrong thing. ceci everybody wants to know will happen with...
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let's talk about the week he had here in washington. our "roundtable." george will, cynthia tucker, ron sanger. aloha. let's talk about flight 253. >> there were three failures. one of which, the least important, the failure to connect the dots. when you have millions of dots, you cannot define as systemic failure anything short of perfection. our various intelligence agencies suggest 1600 names a day to be put on the terrorist watch list. he's a known extremist. there are millions of them out there. second. as senator lieberman said this man should be treated as an enemy combatant, not lawyered up with miranda rights. and third, the most cat troughic failure here, that of al qaeda. after 9/11, they're down to explosives hidden in underwear. we need to look at them and think about what they're thinking about their own failures. >> it's good news, then? >> the inability to pull this off. obviously, a much smaller plot than 9/11, is good news. i think the failure to connect is dots is significant because we're igt years up the learning curve since 9/11. th
let's talk about the week he had here in washington. our "roundtable." george will, cynthia tucker, ron sanger. aloha. let's talk about flight 253. >> there were three failures. one of which, the least important, the failure to connect the dots. when you have millions of dots, you cannot define as systemic failure anything short of perfection. our various intelligence agencies suggest 1600 names a day to be put on the terrorist watch list. he's a known extremist. there are...
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hello again and happy new year from fox news in washington. citing ongoing threats, the u.s. government today has closed its embassy in yemen. meanwhile, the president and top advisors are reviewing what mr. obama calls "the systemic failures" that allowed a would-be bomber on board that plane christmas day. we're joined now by the white house official leading that review. john brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. and mr. brennan, welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thank you very much, chris. >> chris: we said, the u.s. today closed our embassy in yemen. why? >> well, there are indications that al-qaeda peninsula is targeting the embassy and targeting the personnel. we're not going to take chances with the lives of our diplomats and others at the emassy. we made a decision overnight. it spoke with the ambassadors last night and again this morning to make sure we're doing everything possible to protect our diplomats there. women're working closer with the yemenese. they're providing support but we're not taking chances. >> chris: you sa
hello again and happy new year from fox news in washington. citing ongoing threats, the u.s. government today has closed its embassy in yemen. meanwhile, the president and top advisors are reviewing what mr. obama calls "the systemic failures" that allowed a would-be bomber on board that plane christmas day. we're joined now by the white house official leading that review. john brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. and mr. brennan, welcome to...
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c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere about jobs, are they the number one issue? guest: it seems that way, after the election in massachusetts, health care seems to be in the back burner. people want jobs, they want the economy to improve, so they will be working on that, and i think he will see that reflected in the state of the union address. host: a more visible role in the white house, over the weekend in "the washington post, they had this, "the white house toughens its town." guest: i think that the white house was taken off guard by what happened in massachusetts. they are at a point right now where they realize that if they do not
c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associated press and jennifer haberkorn from "the washington times." good morning, welcome. we'll start with you, jennifer, asking you about your story this morning in the politics section. that story is being reported elsewhere as well. for the president is expected to speak elsewhere...
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the clerk: washington, d.c, january 22, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeff merkley, a senator from the state of oregon, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of senate h. j. res. 45 which is to increase the limit of the public debt. there will be no roll call votes during today's session of the senate. the presid officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h. j. res. 45,hi report. the clerk: h. j. res. 45, joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. baucus: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i ask ispe fur
the clerk: washington, d.c, january 22, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeff merkley, a senator from the state of oregon, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of senate h. j. res. 45 which is to increase...